Here is the latest emails from Nathan to his Mom and Dad. PLEASE read the BOLD part and if you feel inclined, please email Nathan at nathan.eads@myldsmail.net. He would really like to hear from more people than the four of us who email him every week. He'll even email back!
To Mom:
Hey!
I probably would've spent the week playing my 3DS or something. I don't know, been a lazy butt like always am I right?
Jam tasting huh? Well, that doesn't sound half as exciting, but it's definitely better than wine...I guess. I know the people here would disagree but boh, they have their culture.
Actually, I don't really sunburn anymore. I'm acutally a little tan now. I have some pictures on my camera that I'll send next P-Day, and yes, I have one with my current companion. I also have a boss haircut in said picture, I think you'll like it.
Yeah, I saw the otter pictures, that was cool. I love otters!!!!!! Can we see them again when I get back, and after I bring you to Italy? Please? PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!
Coda acted like that...hmm...that's strange. It will be interesting to see what happens when I get home. Hopefully he still remembers my scent, although I'll probably smell like cigarettes and coffee. Seriously, it stinks of cigarette smoke here!
Technically, it's a follow-up trainer. You only ever have one trainer. Anyway, Woolsey's cool. We get along really well, we're almost like brothers really. He talks a lot, I'm silent, so we work pretty well together.
Yup, doing fine, always have been. Still have a pulse, still losing weight, I think, haven't checked lately, and I'm pretty sure I'm still walking. I don't think I've been translated yet, but I think I'm close, either that or I'm just hungry a lot.
Hoo boy, investigators...the ones we have are progressing...kinda...but we are having to drop one. He's the major atheist I told Dad about in his email. We're going to share Korihor from Alma, and let him know if he ever has that desire to believe, call us. We'll see however.
I forgot to tell Dad about this but please share my thoughts on the technology intergration:
Something like this was bound to happen. I've known it for a long time. Frankly, I believe that a lot of good will come out of this, and in the end it will allow missionaries a easier time of doing the work.
Yes, temptations will be rampant, but overall, it's a good idea. I really don't think, however, that things will be too bad. Here in the beginning it may be, but we'll see. I don't know exactly how it's going to happen in the mission yet, since President Waddops has yet to meet with us, but we'll know more on Friday at our Zone Conference.
All I know for sure, is that I truly have been called at this time because of my skills. The Lord sent me out here to help lead this new intergration, and both I and Woolsey (he's one of the two zone leaders in the zone, and he's DL also) have some ideas that we want to try and implement here in Sassari and see how it goes, after we know what President Waddops will want us to do.
Okay, that's all my thoughts. Let me think, my day-to-day. Nothing to special really. Wake up, work out, study, out the door, appointments, or finding, lots of finding, four hour lunch break (it's an Italian thing), back out, more finding, appointments, and then back home for daily planning, get ready for bed, go to bed at 22:30.
P-day: shopping, email, cleaning, seeing some sights, then back to proslyting at six. Tuesdays and Thrusdays we have English Course, and Mondays we have DDM, and yeah. That's really how my day goes. Nothing too special.
Honestly, I'm thinking I'm staying in Sassari for another transfer. I could be wrong, but we'll see. I don't think so, just because new president, and the island is really young, but we'll see. Depends on what the Lord needs me to do.
Thanks for Daniel's email. That'll come in useful. Also, can you please tell people to write me. I love writing you and Dad, Payson and Daniel, and President every week, but I need variety. I don't care who, but just some one different!!!!!!
Email is prefered, but I'm good with letters too. My address is Via Marras 7, 07100, Sassari, Sardegna, Italia, but I just want to make sure, so I'll double check and give you the green light next week. However, it could be changing so...keep the office address on hand.
Well, that's it for me this week. Love ya Mom, hopefully everything's going well. How's cleaning the black hole? If there's anything else you want to tell me, do so, and let me know if there's any questions I can answer.
Love ya!
NaNa
To Dad:
Hey!
Week was good. Met with some investigators, got a haircut, and the like. My new companion and I get along really well, almost like brothers. I just find it funny that my patriarchal blessing promise of staying close to mission companions is true. HA!!!
Yup, President Waddops is in charge now, and we have our zone conference this week. We're the first place that he's visiting, so that's exciting. He plans on meeting with all of us on the island that week, so, we'll see. I'll tell you what I think about him next week.
No, my camera has not been stolen. I'm just following the White Bible rules. It says to not look like a tourist, so I don't carry it in my manbag. I mean, I could, but I don't want to. So bleh!
Investigators are doing well. We're going to have to drop one, which is sad. He's a major atheist and is big into conspiracy theories, but he's so old that he's set in his ways. We're going to share the Korihor story, and then let him know he can call us when he's ready.
The one we're focusing on the most right now, Manuela, is ready for baptism, but dang it!!!! She won't stop smoking!!!! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!! This Sunday, I'll be doing a fast for that cause, and then we'll keep meeting with her, just to help.
Besides that, we got five new investigators that we'll be seeing sometime in the next week or two. It's fun. I haven't actually met them yet, since they all become investigators while I was on a scambio (exchange) with Olbia. So, yeah.
Language is actually a lot easier. I understand a lot of what's being said, and I can speak it, but I don't. I've always been a little quiet, so...but at least my good listening skills have come in useful.
Yes, I'm keeping a journal. I've actually decided to just do an audio journal so that I don't have to use too much ink from the pens. Thanks for the recorder, it's come in quite useful, and I can't wait to hear my progression.
How am I doing? Great, have been for a long time now. Don't have to worry about me really, nothing to serious going on. I'm going to be the best missionary I can be, and yes, that does mean losing myself in the work, like I've always done, but I'm not hiding my personality anymore. I've always put a mask on to hid who I am. Hopefully that makes sense. I've learned that I can finally be who the Lord made me and those talents and gifts are useful in blessing other people. It's good to be me and let others see me for me. Kinda of cool, eh?
From your emails I want to hear about you. How's it going? School going okay? I went outside last night and saw the Dipper, and Hercules, and I think it was Altair, but I can't remember, and thought "Man, Dad's probably observing like crazy." How is the observing?
Well, I think that's all I've got. Is there anything else you want to know? If so, please let me know so I can answer.
Much love,
Nate
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